http://www.outsidecontext.com/2009/11/12/hanoi-halong-bay-and-tet-new-year-part-two/ Travel writing, reviews, philosophy and airsoft Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.outsidecontext.com/2009/11/12/hanoi-halong-bay-and-tet-new-year-part-two/#comment-10807 Sam Clark Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:08:48 +0000 http://www.outsidecontext.com/?p=3892#comment-10807 Interesting and amsuing - thank you! However, I do think it can actually be straightforward disrespect too - it is most unlikely that rich Vietnamese would be made to move around tables if they did not want too - and that certainly would not happen on all the more up-market Halong Bay cruises... It's a matter of respect too, though I take your point about the limited English sounding ruder than it is meant. Interesting and amsuing – thank you! However, I do think it can actually be straightforward disrespect too – it is most unlikely that rich Vietnamese would be made to move around tables if they did not want too – and that certainly would not happen on all the more up-market Halong Bay cruises… It’s a matter of respect too, though I take your point about the limited English sounding ruder than it is meant.

]]> http://www.outsidecontext.com/2009/11/12/hanoi-halong-bay-and-tet-new-year-part-two/#comment-11818 Sam Clark Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:08:00 +0000 http://www.outsidecontext.com/?p=3892#comment-11818 Interesting and amsuing - thank you! However, I do think it can actually be straightforward disrespect too - it is most unlikely that rich Vietnamese would be made to move around tables if they did not want too - and that certainly would not happen on all the more up-market Halong Bay cruises... It's a matter of respect too, though I take your point about the limited English sounding ruder than it is meant. Interesting and amsuing – thank you! However, I do think it can actually be straightforward disrespect too – it is most unlikely that rich Vietnamese would be made to move around tables if they did not want too – and that certainly would not happen on all the more up-market Halong Bay cruises… It’s a matter of respect too, though I take your point about the limited English sounding ruder than it is meant.

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